Understanding Organ Donation

Jason T. Siegel is part of the Research Faculty at Claremont Graduate University’s School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences. Dr. Siegel, Co-director of the Institute of Health Psychology and Prevention Science, has been researching organ-donation-related behavior for nearly a decade. Eusebio M. Alvaro is a Research Faculty member at Claremont Graduate University’s School of Behavioral and Organizational Science where he is Co-Director of the Institute of Health Psychology and Prevention Science. He is a behavioral scientist conducting research on overcoming resistance to health behavior change.

• List of Contributors xPreface xivJason T. Siegel and Eusebio M. AlvaroAcknowledgments xxiIntroduction and Overview 1Chapter 1: Applying Psychology to Health Behavior Interventions: Not Last Decade’s Approach 3Stuart OskampChapter 2: Organ Donation: An Overview of the Field 13Mary GanikosPart I: Media and Community Interventions 41Chapter 3: Where Have We Been and Where to Next: A Review and Synthesis of Organ Donation Media Campaigns 43Eusebio M. Alvaro and Jason T. SiegelChapter 4: The Effectiveness of the Donate Life—African American Campaign in Minneapolis–St. Paul 64David M. Radosevich, Susan Mau Larson, Tiffany Scott, Clarence Jones, William Tendle, and Susan GundersonChapter 5: Organ Donation and Transplantation: A New Tradition of Sharing for Alaska Natives 83Margaret D. Allen and Barbara StillwaterChapter 6: First-Person Consent Ohio Donor Registry: The Influence of the First-Person Consent Registry on Increasing Organ Donation 98Kimberly Downing and Linda JonesChapter 7: Improving Organ Donation in Chinese Communities in New York: Perspectives From Consortium Partners 119Paul L. Hebert, Julia Rivera, Kelly Eng, Regina Lee, and Susan Seto-YeeChapter 8: Intervention Research With American Indian, Alaska Native, and First Nations Communities: An Organ and Tissue Donation Exemplar 132Nancy L. FahrenwaldPart II: Organizational Interventions 149Chapter 9: Behavioral Research in Hospital Settings: The Family Communication Coordinator (FCC) Protocol and Research Applications in Organ Donation 151Diane Dodd-McCueChapter 10: Design and Evaluation of Work Site Promotions of Organ Donation: Real-World Challenges and Strategies to Address Them 164Michael T. Quinn, Jackie Gnepp, G. Caleb Alexander, Diane Hollingsworth, Kate Grubbs O’Connor, Willa Lang, Joshua Klayman, and David MeltzerChapter 11: Home Care Association of Louisiana (HCLA) Donate Life Workplace Partnership for Organ and Tissue Donation 177Carolyn C. Johnson and Larry S. WebberChapter 12: Promoting Organ Donation Through College Student Campaigns 200Thomas Hugh Feeley, Ashley E. Anker, Donald E. Vincent, and Carla R. WilliamsChapter 13: Take Time to Talk: Improving Communication Between Recovery Professionals and Funeral Directors 221Catherine Paykin, Gigi Politoski, and Linda Singleton-DriscollChapter 14: The Challenges of Conducting and Evaluating Organ Donation Campaigns 234Susan E. MorganPart III: Broad Perspectives and Future Directions 247Chapter 15: Community Organizations and Applied Research: Project Initiation, Implementation, and Dealing With Those Applied Researchers 249Sara Pace Jones and David BoschChapter 16: Evaluating the Effects of Community-Based Health Interventions: Seeking Impact and Saving Lives via Organ and Tissue Donation Promotion Efforts 257Robert L. FischerChapter 17: The Value of Qualitative Studies of Interpersonal Conversations About Health Topics: A Study of Family Discussions of Organ Donation and Illustrations 272Anita PomerantzChapter 18: Ethically and Effectively Advancing Living Donation: How Should It Be Done? 292Amy D. Waterman and James R. RodrigueChapter 19: A Dawning Recognition of Factors for Increasing Donor Registration: The IIFF Model 313Jason T. Siegel, Eusebio M. Alvaro, and Zachary P. HohmanChapter 20: There’s Nothing So Practical . . . Theoretical Translations and Organ Donation 331William D. CranoAuthor index 344Subject index 353